tried to use them to enhance their standing with other Native Americans.
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How did French involvement in the fur trade change life for Native Americans?
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The French were willing to accept Native Americans into colonial society.
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Which one of the following statements is true of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlán?
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It had a complex system of canals, bridges, and dams, with the Great Temple at the center.
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What motivated the Portuguese to begin exploration to find a water route to India, China, and the East Indies?
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To eliminate the Muslim "middlemen" in the luxury goods trade.
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The Pueblo Indian uprising of 1680:
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helped lead to the most complete victory for Native Americans over Europeans.
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Native American religious ceremonies:
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were related to the Native American belief that sacred spirits could be found in living and inanimate things.
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The first center of the Spanish empire in America:
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was the island of Hispaniola.
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As early as 1615, the __________ people of present-day southern Ontario and upper New York State forged a trading alliance with the French, and many of them converted to Catholicism.
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Huron
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The city situated along the Mississippi River with between 10,000 and 30,000 residents in the year 1200 is today known as:
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Cahokia
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Before the arrival of Columbus, Native North Americans:
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had elaborate trade networks.
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Which one of the following was NOT true of women in Native American societies?
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Women made all decisions about trade relations with other tribes.
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Patroonship in New Netherland:
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meant that shareholders received large estates for transporting tenants for agricultural labor.
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The Columbian Exchange was:
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the transatlantic flow of plants, animals, and germs that began after Christopher Columbus reached the New World.
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Which one of the following was true of French relations with Native Americans?
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Jesuit missionaries tried to convert Native Americans, but gave them far more independence than did Spanish missionaries.
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Which one of the following is true about Native Americans and material wealth?
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Chiefs were expected to share some of their goods rather than hoard them.
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In England, social inequality:
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was part of a hierarchical society.
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The Spanish set up outposts from Florida to South Carolina in part because:
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Spanish missionaries hoped to convert local Native Americans to Christianity.
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The Black Legend described:
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Spain as a uniquely brutal colonizer.
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In 1492, the Native American population:
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lived mostly in Central and South America.
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Which one of the following is true of religion in seventeenth-century Europe?
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Religious uniformity was thought to be essential to public order.
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Which European country dominated international commerce in the early seventeenth century?
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The Netherlands
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Which one of the following statements about Spanish America is true?
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Over time, Spanish America evolved into a hybrid culture—part Spanish, part Indian, and, in some areas, part African.
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Alarmed by the destructiveness of the conquistadores, the Spanish crown replaced them with a more stable system of government headed by:
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lawyers and bureaucrats.
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In Europe on the eve of colonization, one conception of freedom, called "Christian liberty,"
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mingled ideas of freedom with servitude to Jesus Christ—concepts that were seen as mutually reinforcing.
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Which statement about gender relations is FALSE for most Native American societies?
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Tribal leaders were almost always women.
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Before the transatlantic slave trade began, approximately 100,000 African slaves were transported between 1450 and 1500 to:
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Portugal and Spain.
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Slavery in Africa:
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involved the enslavement of criminals, debtors, and war captives.
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Which of the following is true of freedom in New Netherland?
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Married women retained a legal identity separate from that of their husbands.
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In their relations with Native Americans, the Dutch:
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concentrated more on economics than religious conversion.
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How did Spain justify enslaving Native Americans?
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The Spanish believed that enslavement could liberate Native Americans from their backwardness and savagery and introduce them to Christian civilization.
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Europeans tended to think which one of the following about Native Americans and their cultures?
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Native Americans failed to make use of the land, so it was acceptable for Europeans to take it and use it.
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Europeans tended to think which one of the following about Native Americans and their cultures?
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Native Americans failed to make use of the land, so it was acceptable for Europeans to take it and use it.
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Under English law in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, women:
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surrendered their legal identities when they married.
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Which statement about the Pueblo Revolt is FALSE?
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It was inspired by the Pope, but he died before the actual revolt took place.
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Why did European exploration of the New World proceed so rapidly after Columbus's discoveries?
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Gutenberg's invention of the printing press enabled the rapid dissemination of information.
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How did Native Americans conceive of property?
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Families might use a specific plot of land for a season.
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In 1519, who became the first European explorer to encounter the Aztec empire?
